- Date
- January 8, 1986, 19:47 local (Jan 9, 1986, 02:47 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2113ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860108002129A
- Case key
- 24894
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft deptd runway 03 at Grand Canyon airport, Grand Canyon, AZ on a moonless night. Shortly after departure the aircraft entered into a left turn. The aircraft collided into some trees in about a 45 deg nose down and about a 15 deg left wing down attitude about 1 1/2 miles northwest of the airport. There were no witnesses. The area northwest of the arpt is unlit and there was no visible horizon. The plt did not hold an instrument rating. The pilot's logbook was destroyed in the post impact fire. A flt instructor reptd that he observed the pilot's logbook on the day of the accident and that the check out flt was the first flight the plt had logged within the preceding year.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2113E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271160
- Airframe hours
- 1,427
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Walker, doing business as K & M Aviation
- Registered owner
- Oran A. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 30, 1985 · 32 hours before
- Destination
- L15 · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- GCN · Grand Canyon, runway 3, 8,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.